How does plunging into the ocean necessarily kill you?
The sheer impact combined with the fact that even if the fall does not actually kill you, you would almost certainly drown before even regaining consciousness. Once you land in the ocean, I imagine your chances of making it to land are slim to none.
/johnny
The speed achieved from falling from that height means that the water acts almost like a solid. Look up “non-Newtonian fluids”. It’s not like hitting concrete, but close enough as to make no difference.
The results for people who jump off the bridge here in tampa are fairly severe. A few people have survived if they were pulled out quickly enough to prevent drowning.
From people who have found them the impact breaks most of their bones. Theyve said its like trying in a big sack of jello. Thats from 185 feet.
The ones who aren’t rescued drown and get eaten by sharks usually.
The key thing is the "220 feet".
You are falling at quite a rate when you hit the surface.
If you don't hit the surface at just exactly the correct angle and position, you'll be killed by the impact. Water is NOT that soft.
And if you DO hit it at just exactly the correct angle,you will go so deep as to not be able to surface before drowning.
SHARKS
Hitting the water from 220 feet up is pretty close to hitting concrete from the same height.
Back in flight school they told me that the fall doesn’t kill you, it’s the sudden stop at the end.
From that height the water acts like hitting a hard surface.
220 ft makes that water equal to a concrete sidewalk
At that height, one is hitting the water at about 100 mph.
It's like hitting concrete.